[quoted lines by John J. Boyer on December 29, 2001, at 08:56] >So now I think the problems were caused by the place in >the botup sequence at which it was called. You bet they were! Now that I've looked at the script you snet me, the problem is obvioius. Have a look at the code just below where you start BRLTTY. # Rerun ourselves through initlog if [ -z "$IN_INITLOG" ]; then [ -f /sbin/initlog ] && exec /sbin/initlog $INITLOG_ARGS -r /etc/rc.sysinit fi The rc.sysinit script, if invoked directly, reruns itself so that it's under the control of initlog. This will, of course, result in BRLTTY being started twice. You can either move your starting of BRLTTY beneath this if statement, or start it from inittab as documented in the manual. I'll add a note about this problem to the manual. Thank you. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell.